Jompter
A superwhisper alternative that builds the whole prompt.
Jompter is a superwhisper alternative for developers: it combines your voice with screenshots, annotations and screen recordings into one structured Markdown prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT, and keeps it in a reusable Plan. superwhisper is great local dictation for Mac; Jompter goes further when the words are for an agent.
Free on your Mac · no card · Apple Silicon, macOS Ventura+
Quick answer
Pick superwhisper if you want system wide dictation with custom modes for different kinds of writing. Pick Jompter if you dictate to a coding agent: it keeps your screenshots and screen recordings in the same prompt as your words, and your agent reads it over MCP.
What superwhisper does well
superwhisper is a well made Mac dictation app. It runs Whisper and other models locally, has custom modes for different writing jobs, and types into any text field on Mac and iPhone. If you write a lot of prose, its modes are genuinely useful.
Where Jompter is different
Jompter treats what you say as the start of a prompt. Mark up a screenshot mid sentence, add the key frames from a screen recording, and keep it all in one Plan your agent can reread. Over MCP, Claude Code or Cursor reads the prompt itself and works through a task list you approve.
Same task, both apps
Tell Claude Code about a button that jumps when the page loads.
With superwhisper
- 1Take a screenshot with Shift+Command+4.
- 2Dictate the description into Claude Code with superwhisper.
- 3Switch back, paste the screenshot with Ctrl+V, and point at it in words.
- 4For a bug that moves, record the screen separately and describe what happened, because the agent can't watch the video.
With Jompter
- 1Hold Right ⌘ and describe the bug.
- 2Press ⌘⇧S mid sentence and box the button. The screenshot lands between your words.
- 3For a bug that moves, record it with Video Prompt. The key frames and your narration join the same prompt.
- 4Paste one line into Claude Code, and it reads the whole prompt over MCP.
How to switch from superwhisper
- Download Jompter and sign in with a free account.
- Pick Local in setup and download a speech model once: Whisper, Parakeet or Nemotron.
- Hold Right ⌘ to dictate, or rebind it in Settings. Keep superwhisper on its own hotkey if you still want it for other apps.
- Turn on MCP and connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, so your agent reads prompts itself.
Dictation gives you words. Coding agents need context.
Prompts, not just text.
Dictation tools stop at words. Jompter bundles your voice, screenshots, annotations, and screen recordings into one AI-ready Markdown prompt for Claude Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT.
Free on your Mac.
Dictation, prompts and the MCP hand-off are free and unlimited on your Mac, with no meter and no card. Screenshots, recordings, boards and Remote are free within limits, and a one-time license removes them, no subscription required.
Context that persists.
Plans keep the running context of a debugging session (the error, the screenshots, what you tried), so a follow-up is one line added, not everything explained again.
Speak the bug. Snap the screen. Paste one prompt.
Your words, the annotated screenshot and the key frames from a recording land in one Markdown prompt, ready for Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT.
- Voice, on-device. Whisper, Parakeet and Nemotron transcribe on Apple Silicon, no audio leaves your Mac.
- Screens, redacted. Annotate with pen, arrow, box, text or blur before anything is shared.
- Copied in one click. Markdown and images together, straight into your agent.
Jompter vs superwhisper
Both tools are good at what they're built for. The question is what you're building prompts for.
Based on each product's public positioning, checked September 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Which one should you pick?
Different jobs, different tools. Here's the fair split.
Pick Jompter if…
- Your dictation mostly ends up in an AI coding agent anyway
- You're tired of pasting text, then dragging screenshots, then pasting again
- You iterate on the same bug and want the context to persist between rounds
Pick superwhisper if…
- You want system-wide dictation into any text field, with custom modes
- You only need speech-to-text, not prompt building
Free on your Mac. $99 once to lift the limits.
Dictation on local models is free and unlimited. Cloud is optional and separate.
Dictation
ForeverLocal models · no word cap
License
Best valueor — / year · on-device, offline
Cloud
OptionalHeavy — / month · cloud transcription + AI transforms
Switching from superwhisper?
The questions developers ask before trying Jompter.
The output. superwhisper produces text where your cursor is. Jompter produces a complete prompt: your words plus screenshots, annotations, and recording frames, organized in a persistent Plan and copied as markdown + images in one click.
Whisper (tiny to large v3 and turbo), Parakeet and Nemotron, downloaded and managed in-app and run on-device on Apple Silicon. Nemotron streams words while you talk.
Sure, they don't conflict. Many developers keep a system-wide dictation tool and use Jompter specifically for AI coding sessions.
Download Jompter and sign in with a free account, pick Local and download a speech model once, then hold Right ⌘ to dictate. You can keep superwhisper on its own hotkey for other apps. Turn on MCP to connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex.
Yes, on your Mac. Dictation, prompts, the MCP hand-off, transforms, translation and Speak are free and unlimited. The heavier features are free within limits — 20 screenshots a day, 5 screen recordings, 3 boards and one 10-minute Remote session a day — and a $99 one-time license removes every limit.